BP has permission to drill off shore

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Do you think MMS should permit this off shore caper?

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This shouldn't even be a question if limiting oil drilling wasn't your real goal.

The offshore moratorium implicitly says that there really isn't a concern for onshore drilling operations.

BP used technology creatively to access an offshore reserve, while retaining the "safety" of onshore drilling.

That is the extent of MMS giving a damn.

Whatever environmental damage that results from making an artificial island....well that is what happens when you make a purely political move without the advice of your own selected advisors....the unexpected consequences of your uninformed decisions bite you in the arse.

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BP has built a gravel island and will be drilling down 2 miles, and then, out beneath the sea, across 6.5 miles.

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this is very common in places like this

platforms in the water out there are dangerous because of all of the ice build-up

and directional drilling is the only way drilling is done now

you can have 10-12 wells drilled from one platform do many different reservoirs

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im pretty sure MMS has to give companies permits for anywhere they drill

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in federal waters

i dont know how far offshore Alaska claims

this may not be US waters